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China And Strategic Culture
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Author : Andrew Scobell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
China And Strategic Culture written by Andrew Scobell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with China categories.
China has been identified as a looming strategic threat. Considerable attention has been given to China's assertive rhetoric and militant behavior. The author uses the rubric of strategic culture to assess China's strategic disposition. Two dimensions are examined: the nature and impact of China's assessment of its own strategic culture, and the nature and impact of China's depictions of the strategic cultures of Japan and the United States. Beijing has been depicted as increasingly belligerent over the past decade, a perception in direct conflict with earlier images of China. Ancient China is usually portrayed as possessing a weak martial tradition, a cultural predisposition to seek nonviolent solutions to problems of statecraft, and a defensive-mindedness, favoring sturdy fortifications over expansionism and invasion. The author contends that existing depictions of China's strategic culture are flawed. China's strategic disposition cannot accurately be characterized as either pacifist or bellicose. Rather, the country has a dualistic strategic culture. The two main strands are a Confucian-Mencian one that is conflict averse and defensive minded; and a Realpolitik one which favors military solutions and is offensive oriented. Both strands are operative and both influence and combine in dialectic fashion to form a "Chinese Cult of Defense." This cult paradoxically tends to dispose Chinese leaders to pursue offensive military operations as a primary alternative in pursuit of national goals, while rationalizing these actions as being purely defensive and last resort. This dualistic strategic culture has been a constant, and China has not become more bellicose or aggressive in recent years except to the extent that the warfighting capabilities of the People's Liberation Army have improved or that military doctrine has changed. The author also examines China's images of Japanese and American strategic cultures. Significantly, Chinese strategists tend to depict China's own strategic culture in very positive terms and contrast it with what are seen as the very negative images of Japan and the United States. As viewed from Chinese eyes, Japan possesses an extremely warped, violent, and militaristic strategic culture; while the United States possesses an expansionist, offensive-minded, conflict-prone strategic culture that is obsessed with technology. The author concludes by outlining a number of important recommendations for U. S. defense policy.
China And Strategic Culture
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Cultural Realism
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Author : Alastair I. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1995
Cultural Realism written by Alastair I. Johnston and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of pre-modern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. Alistair Johnston sets out to answer two empirical questions. Is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture? If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security? The focus of his study is the Ming Dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644 AD). Johnston's findings challenge dominant interpretations of traditional Chinese strategic thought.
China S Strategic Culture
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Author : Kenneth D. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute
Release Date : 2009
China S Strategic Culture written by Kenneth D. Johnson and has been published by Strategic Studies Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Technology & Engineering categories.
For the past 2 decades, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has made great gains in national development and economic growth and now stands as one of the most important states on the world scene. It is extremely important for U.S. policymakers to have a contextual understanding of what shapes Chinese thought and behavior thus driving Chinese political, economic, and military imperatives. With much of the American public accepting the "China Threat" theory, it is critical that the United States recognize the role of strategic culture in shaping China's domestic and external policies. This paper illustrates the key characteristics of Chinese strategic culture-philosophy, history, and domestic factors that, to a remarkable extent, structure the strategic objectives of China's formal foreign policy and explain how Chinese strategic interests are defined by modern Chinese pragmatic nationalism, its drive for modernization, and the desire for China to have a more prominent role in the Asian and world communities. A concluding analysis of the implications of Chinese strategic culture offer recommendations for U.S. national security policy.
Chinese Strategic Culture And Foreign Policy Decision Making
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Author : Huiyun Feng
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-06-11
Chinese Strategic Culture And Foreign Policy Decision Making written by Huiyun Feng and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-11 with History categories.
Examining the major academic and policy debates over China’s rise and related policy issues, this book looks into the motivations and intentions of a rising China. Most of the scholarly works on China’s rise approach the question at a structural level by looking at the international system and the systemic impact on China’s foreign policy. Traditional Realist theorists define China as a revisionist power eager to address wrongs done to them in history, whilst some cultural and historical analyses attest that China’s strategic culture has been offensive despite its weak material capability. Huiyun Feng’s path-breaking contribution to the debate tests these rival hypotheses by examining systematically the beliefs of contemporary Chinese leaders and their strategic interactions with other states since 1949 when the communist regime came to power. The focus is on tracing the historical roots of Chinese strategic culture and its links to the decision-making of six key Chinese leaders via their belief systems. Chinese Strategic Culture will be of interest to students of Chinese politics, foreign policy, strategic theory and international relations in general.
Chinese Strategic Culture And Foreign Policy Decision Making
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Author : Guiyun Feng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
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Cultural Realism
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
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Strategic Asia 2016 17
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Author : Ashley J. Tellis
language : en
Publisher: NBR
Release Date : 2016-11-14
Strategic Asia 2016 17 written by Ashley J. Tellis and has been published by NBR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-14 with History categories.
Strategic Asia 2016-17 examines how the region's major powers view international politics and the use of military force. In each chapter, a leading expert analyzes the ideological and historical sources of a country's strategic culture, how strategic culture informs the thinking of the country's policymakers, and how these understandings lead to decisions about the pursuit of strategic objectives and national power.
China S Strategic Culture And Cross Straits Relations
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Author : Neil Munro
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2025-09-30
China S Strategic Culture And Cross Straits Relations written by Neil Munro and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-09-30 with History categories.
This book explores China’s strategic culture in the context of relations across the Taiwan Strait. The USA has long played a stabilising role, deterring China from attacking Taiwan. However, as China’s economy has grown, so has its military might, and it is now in a position to challenge America for the leading role in the security of the Western Pacific. This book closely examines how China’s interests in Taiwan have emerged from its identity as a modern, socialist nation- state, placing it on a collision course with Taiwan’s consolidated liberal democracy and the US vision of itself as a guarantor of global order. On the basis of an examination of operational doctrines, force structure and training, it offers an interpretation of the three powers’ intentions and analyses possible scenarios for conflict. This provides the context for analysing China’s strategic behaviour, notably the development over the past 30 years of military capabilities which would be sufficient for an invasion. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic culture, Chinese security, foreign policy and international relations.
Deterrence And Strategic Culture
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Author : Shu Guang Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-30
Deterrence And Strategic Culture written by Shu Guang Zhang and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-30 with Political Science categories.
Does strategic thinking on the question of deterrence vary between cultures? Should practitioners assume a common understanding of deterrence regardless of national and cultural differences? Shu Guang Zhang takes on these questions by exploring Sino-American confrontations between 1949 and 1958. Zhang draws on recently declassified U.S. documents and previously inaccessible Chinese Communist Party records to demonstrate that the Chinese and the Americans had vastly different assessments of each other's intentions, interests, threats, strengths, and policies during this period.